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ATTORNEYJ H PETERS. PlwtwLlihdgnlphur. Washington, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODOR BERGMANN, OF GAGGENAU, BADEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN H. VOLKMANN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,870, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed November 20, 1888. Serial No. 291,382. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODOR BERGMANN, of Gaggenau, Baden, Germany, have invented an Improved Vending Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a vending apparatus into which a coin is passed and,by acting upon devices contained in the apparatus, serves to permit the withdrawal of packages, cigars, &c., from the apparatus.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of apparatuses designed for the sale of cigars.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means for discharging a cigar from the apparatus after the entry of a coin of proper dimensions; also improved means to prevent operating the apparatus when no coin has been passed therein; also improved means to prevent the entry of a coin while the apparatus is being operated to expel a cigar, and after the last cigar has been ex pelled.

The invention consists in the details of improvement and the combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter, set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figurel is a front elevation, part of the casing being broken away, of a vending apparatus containing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the plane of the line c c, Fig. 1, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus, the cover being removed. Fig. 4 is a detail face View, partly broken, showing the device for locking the rod that operates the cigar-expelling devices and for releasing said rod. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail horizontal section on the line 715 76, Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a detail View of the operating-rod and its operatinglever.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the casing of a vending apparatus, which may be of any approved construction. \Vithin the casing A is placed a box or compartment B, into which the cigars or other articles to be sold should be placed.

D is a rod that is journaled in bearings a on the box or compartment B. This rod D extends upwardly, preferably through the top of the casing A, and carries at its upper end a knob or head Z), by which this rod is operated. The rod D is moved upwardly by means of one or more springs d, that are carried by the box B, the upper of which springs engages a pin e on the rod D. This pin e, by coming in contact with a bearing a or other stop on the box B, limits the upward movement. of the rod D. The rod D earries a pawl f, that engages a ratchet-wheel 9,, that is hung on the box B. The ratchetwheel 9 carries a pin or projection h, that is adapted to engage a toothed wheel 1', that is also hung on the box B. One of the teeth j of the toothed wheel 1 is longer than the other teeth and is adapted to engage a pinl on a slide or plate m, that is supported to slide on the box B. This plate m carries a pin it, that is adapted to come in line with the pin 0 on the rod D, and thereby to limit the upward movement of said rod, for the purposes hereinafter shown. The rod D has a notch 19, into which notch one end of the lever E is adapted to pass. The lever E is hung on the box B, and extends along the face of said box, as shown. This end of the lever E is pressed against said rod D by a spring q, secured at one end to said lever, and at its opposite end to a bearing a, or otherwise. The opposite end of the lever E comes close topreferably above-an opening 7' in the box B. This end of the lever E is beveled, as shown in Fig. 4. s is a chute that passes through the opening '7, part of said chute extending in front of said opening, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4;. F is a bar that is preferably hinged to the box B, and that extends over the opening 0' above the upper end of the chute s, as shown. This bar F is held closed against the box B, and also over the lower or free end of the lever E, by means of a spring 2, that is carried by a bearing a, or otherwise. The hinged bar F carries two screws 10 o, and also a slight projection a, on its inner side. The screw u comes against the box B and acts to hold the bar F at a proper distance from the side of the box. The screw Too 'v passes through the hinged bar F, and extends slightly inward from the inner side of said bar. The screw 1 is at such a distance from the lower beveled end of the lever E that a coin G of proper size will be held between said screw and said end of the lever upon its periphery, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The projection a on the bar F comes against the coin to hold the coin against the side of the box ll, the bar F preventing the coin from falling outwardly. \V hen. the rod D is in its upper or normal position, the edge in of said red at the notch p will come against the upper end of the lever E and raise said end slightly, so that it shall be out of line of the notch 1), thereby moving the lower end of said lever slightly laterally from the screw r, so as to permit a coin to enter between the'said screw and said lever and be retained there. \Vhen a coin is in this position, it will prevent the spring q drawing down the upper end of the lever E, thereby holding said end of said lever out of line with the notch 1), and thus permitting the free longitudinal movement of the rod D. \Vhen a coinv is not between the end of the lever E and the screw 1' and the rod D is moved downward slightly, the spring q will draw the upper end of the lever E downward, causing it to enter the notch p, as in Fig. 4, thereby preventing the further downward movement of the rod l). \Yhen said rod is next released, it will ascend and move the end of the lever E into the position shown in Fig. 6, to permit a coin to pass between the lower end of said rod and the screw 1.

Above the notch 11 in the rod D, and carried by said rod, is a cam or inclined projection a that is adapted to engage the upper end of the lever E. This cam or inclined projection a will engage the end of the lever E, when said lever is held out of the notch p by a coin, or when the rod D has been lowered so far as to bring the edge I) of the rod D in line with the upper end of said lever, so that said end cannot enter the notch 19. As the rod D now descends, the cam a will engage the upper end of the lever E and will move the lower end of the lever E laterally, or away from the coin G, and cause said lower beveled end of said lever to engage the screw it and to move the bar F slightlyoutward, there by releasing said coin and permitting it to drop through the opening 7 into the chute s, from. whence it passes into a receptacle II, carried at the side of the box B, ready to receive said coin. The coin is passed into the apparatus through a slotted block (7 that is carried by the casing A, which block comes opposite a chute 6 that is carried by the box B above the screw 1, which chute 6 leads to the space between the lower end of the lever E and the screw '2. f is a spring that is carried by the box 1; and that extends across the chute This spring arranged so that a coin of proper weight will depress said spring and pass to its destination, and a coin of less weight will not be heavy enough. to depress said spring, but will ride along said spring and will find an exit at the side of the chute c In order to prevent the entry of a coin while the rod D is being operated and while another coin is holding the lever E, or after the last cigar has been expelled, I pivot a red I upon the box 1- which rod extends across the face of said box and over the top of the chute 0?. The red I. carries a pin that is adapted to come in line with the opening in the block (7 The rod 1 is raised out of. line with the slot in the block (1 by a pin 71. that passes through the rod 1). The position of this pin is such that when the rod. D is in its highest position such pin will ei'lgage the rod I'and raise said rod so as to bring the pin out of line with the slot in. the block (7.; but when the rod D is lowered. the pin 71. by descending will permit the free end of the rod I to also descend until it rests on the chute 0 thereby bringing the pin g in line with the opening in the block (1 in order to prevent the entry of a coin.

Having described the means for locking and releasing the operating-rod .l) and for admitting a coin to the apparatus, I will now describe the mechanism for expelling cigars and the like from the apparatus by the action of the rod D.

J is a lever that is hung on the box 1: and that extends over the face thereof. The lever J is slotted at its ends and receives at one end a pin 1 that is carried by the rod 1), whereby, as the rod D is reciprocated, the lever .1 will be rocked on its pivot. The opposite slottcd end of the lever J receives the free end of a crank or arm L, that secured to a shaft M, that is hung in bearings at the lower part of the box .1 and that extends across said box, as in Fig. 3. The shaft )1 has a crank L at each end. The shaft M carries within the box B a curved plate N. (See Fig. 2.) From the curved plate N extend arms 0, that are pivotally carried by said curved plate, the pivots of said arms 0 being shown atj Fig. 2. The arms 0 at their free ends support a roller P, that is adapted to roll along the bottom of the box 13.

l is a plate or movable bottom that is supported by brackets m that are pivoted, as at 41?, within the box B. The plate I is inclined downwardly and rests at its lower end upon the curved plate N. (See Fig. Below the shaft M,within the box 13, is a curtain or partition 0 that extends across the box 1 its lower edge terminating slightly above the the top of roller P.

At the lower part of the box 13 is an openingp in one wall thereof that is in line with the roller P. (Sec Figs. 1 and 2.)

Q is a plate or bar that extends across the inside of the box 1 close to the front wall thereof. The plate (2 is connected to the cranks L by means of pivots whereby, as said cranks are moved by the lever .l, the

plate Q will be moved up and down. The plate Q carries in bearings at its lower end a roller R, that is adapted to be lowered in front of the opening p in the box B, so as to prevent the exit of cigars until the proper 1110- ment. The space between the partition 0 and the plateQ is in the form of a short chute that is wide enough to receive one cigar on a level with others above it. The roller R is adapted to be raised high enough from the bottom of the box B to permit the passage of a cigar S from beneath it. These parts are so adjusted that when the rod D is in the ele' vated position the free ends of the cranks L will, by the raising of the inner end of the le ver J, be moved downward, thereby carrying the roller R downward in front of the opening 12*. \Vhen the free ends of the cranks L are thus lowered, the shaft M, by having rocked in its hearings, will have raised the free end of the curved plate N, therebydrawing the roller P inward and about in line with the partition 0 hen the rod D is depressed, the free ends of the cranks L will be raised by the action of the lever J, thereby turning the shaft M. As the cranks L are thus raised, the plate Q and roller R will be raised, while the curved plate N will be turned downward, thereby pushing the roller P forward, and if a cigar is in the path of saidroller said cigar will be pushed through the opening p and out upon a curved plate T, that extends from said opening thro ugh the casin g and is adapted to receive expelled cigars.

The rod D (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) is in the nearly lowermost position, whereby the roller R is elevated and the roller 'P pushed forward to nearly their full extent, respectively. The further slight depression that the rod D receives will move the roller R upward slightly and the roller P slightly forward.

My improved vending apparatus operates as follows: The sliding plate on is moved to the left so as to bring the pin 01 out of line with the pin 0 on the rod D. The tooth 7' on the wheel i is then placed at the right of the pin Z, the pin it moved to the left of the lowest tooth on the wheel 2', and the rod D is raised to the elevated position, so as to raise the rod I to carry the pin 9 out of line with the last slot in the block 61 to permit the entry of a coin. The end of the lever E rests against the rod D, as in Fig. 6, to permit a coin to pass between the lower end of said lever and the screw 1*. The roller R and plate Q are by this means lowered, so that the roller R shall cover the opening 19 and the roller P be beneath the partition 0 The box is then filled with cigars-say one hundred, because it will take one hundred depressions of the rod D to turn the wheel 1? to bring the tooth j to the left of and in contact with the pin I, so as to move the plate m to the right at the last depression of the rod D to bring the pin at in line with the pin 0 to prevent the full raising of the rod D. Cigars will pass and chute s to the receptacle H.

into the space'between the partition 0 and plate Q, the lowermost cigar being in line with the roller P. A coin is 110w passed into the apparatus, which finds its way through the chute e and rests against the lower end of the lever E and the pin '0, where it is retained. The rod D is now depressed, the coin preventing the lever E turning on its pivot, thereby giving free movement to the rod D. As the rod D thus descends, it will turn the lever J on its pivot and raise the free ends of the cranks L, thereby also raising the plate Q and roller R. As the roller R is raised, the shaft M willbe rocked in its bearings, thereby pushing the roller P forward, and by the time there is sufficient space between the roller R and the bottom of the box the roller P will have come forward and pushed the cigar S through the opening 17 At about this time the cam or inclined projection a will come against the upper end of the lever E and rock said lever on its pivot, thereby moving its lower end laterally from the screw 1*, and also move the bar F outward slightly by engaging the screw to, thereby releasing said coin and permitting it to pass through the opening 4' \Vhen in this position, the roller P will close the opening p the rod D is released and passes upward, the lever J will be rocked 011 its pivot, thereby lowering the freeends of the cranks L, at the same time turning the shaft M and withdrawing the roller P, while the roller R descends to close the opening 13 hen the roller P passes beneath the partition 0 the lowermost cigar will descend to the bottom of the box in position to be pushed forward through the opening 12 by the roller P on the next descent of the rod D.

In the drawings I have shown that it takes one hundred depressions 0f the rod D to cause the tooth j of the wheel 2' to move the plate m to stop the movement of the rod D; but it is evident that any other number of turns may be given for this purpose. However many depressions are permitted the rod D, just that many cigars should be placed in the apparatus, so that when the last cigar has been expelled the rod D will be locked and prevented movement. As the curved plate N is moved, the plate Z will be moved on its pivot by its contact with the plate N, thereby acting to stir the cigars upon it and to cause them to pass down the chute.

Having 110w described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of the receptacle B and the rod D with the shaft M, and the roller P, connected with the shaft M and actuated thereby, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the receptacle Band the rod D, the lever J, shaft M, having a crank that engages the lever J, and roller P, connected with the shaft M and actuated thereby, substantially as described.

3. The receptacle B and the rod D, com

and be beneath the pile of cigars. As

bined with the lever J, shaft M,havin g a crank engaging said lever, curved plate N on the shaft M, arms O,and roller P, all arranged for operation substantially as described.

I. The receptacle 1%, having an opening 11 and the rod D, combined with the lever .I, shaft M, and cranks L, carried by the shaft M, and the plate Q, carried by the cranks L, substantially as described.

5. The receptacle 1- having an opening p and the red I), combined with the lever J, cranks L, shaft l\[ carrying said cranks, and plate Q, having roller R, and the roller P connected with the shaft M, all arranged and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

6. In a vending apparatus, the rod D and roller R, combined with the shaft M and roller P, said rollers being connected with said shaft, so that when the roller R is raised the roller I will advance, substantially as described.

7 The receptacle B and rod D, combined with the lever J, crank Ii, shaft M, curved plate N, arms 0, and roller P, and the pivoted plate Z substantially as described.

8. In a vending apparatus, the rod D, havin g a notch 1), combined with the lever E, one end of which is adapted to enter the notch 11,

. and the projecting screw 21, situated near the opposite end of the lever E, the lever E and screw 1* being adapted to receive a coin between them, substantially as described.

9. In a vending apparatus, the rod D, having edge U and cam a, combined with the lever E, adapted to engage said edge and cam, and the projecting screw -v, situated near one end of the lever E, said lever and screw being adapted to receive a coin between them, substantially as described.

10. In a vending apparatus, the rod .D,having notch 17, combined with the lever E, one end of which is adapted to engage the rod D,

and the bar F, and projecting screw r, carried by the bar E, near one end of the lever E, substantially as described.

11. In avendin g apparatus, the rod D, having edges in and b and a cam a combined with the lever E, one end of which is adapted to engage said edges and cam, and the bar E, and projecting screws to r on said bar, and the spring q, all arranged for operation substantially as herein shown and described.

12. In a vending apparatus, the rod .D,having a pin 71, in combination with the lever I, adapted to be engaged by said pin 7L2, and the slotted block (1 substantially as described.

13. In a vending apparatus, the casing A, having a slotted block (1 and the rod D, havin g a pin 7L2, combined with the lever I, adapted to be engaged by the pin 7L2, said lever having a projection 9 adapted to come in line with the slot in the block (I to prevent the entry of a coin, substantially as herein shown and described.

14. In a vending apparatus, the rod D, having a pin 0, combined with the sliding plate on, having pin or, to come in line with the pin 0, to limit the movement of the rod D, and means, substantially as described, for moving the plate on, through connection with the rod D, substantially as described.

15. In avendin g apparatus, the rod D,having a pin 0 and a dog f, in combination with the sliding plate on, having pins a Z, and the toothed wheel g, having pin h, and the toothed wheel 2', having toothj, to engage the pin Z, all arranged for operation substantially as herein shown and described.

THEODOR BERGHANN.

Witnesses:

LUDwIG SCHWARZENBERG, AUG. MAUREY. 

